Social Media Ideas for Animal Stories

Country dwellers and their dog find two crying kittens outside one night, 8 years later they reminisce the story of how...

The cat distribution system works not only for humans, other species of animals can also be gifted a cat or kitten, so watch out! Growing up in the country can be a mysterious and...

Animal Adventures

Don’t worry if you forget your jacket at home. These encounters with furry friends are sure to warm your body—and your soul.

Memaw’s 20 Bedtime Stories with Animal Friends: Melanie Lewis’s New Release Teaches Kindness, Courage, and Love of Natur...

Animals Be Wildin’ Out

A month after adopting a dog, person rescues a tiny kitten in need of help, but for 8 months, it's the dog who raises th...

Some bonds are stronger than any differences you might have. Everyone knows that cats and dogs are very different. It's a stereotype for a reason. Dogs wag their tails when they ar...

Olive the ostrich and the zebra adventure

Have you ever wondered what happens when different kinds of animals must learn how to live together? In our mixed-species African Savanna habitat, there are giraffes, zebras, and o...

Lost orange kitten found crying under a car is taken home by a woman, growing up safe and becoming her son's best friend

A meow from under a car made a woman stop and look. Hidden there was a tiny orange cat, peering out from the narrow space as a kind hand reached toward him, but he felt too scared...

'We are here for each other': Stories of animal rescues, escapes from massive Summerland wildfire

Community members come together to save animals left behind and help shelter evacuees

Couple leaving a party have their lives changed furrever when they hear a kitten meowing in the darkness, they almost lo...

"And with those words the trajectory of your evening shifts and your lives will never be the same."The cat distribution system gives us many things. But what it always reminds us o...

'These are my babies': An hour before being put down for no reason, couple adopts a sensitive dog, giving her a second c...

Some abandoned animals have a hard time learning to trust humans again. That's why we bring them kittens. For an animal to be abandoned is a terrible thing. They don't just love us...

Happy Dogust! Found Family and Shelter Dog Stories

August is National Dog Month! That’s right, Dogust lasts all month long. Here are some quick program and story tips to get libraries in on the tail wagging good vibes. Stories firs...

Kitten discovered alone and lethargic by cat momma’s dog while on walkies given furever home with 3 cat children and a c...

It is not often that the initial rescuer, the first snout on the scene if you will as a dog and not a hooman. But that is very much the case in this story where a very large dog ha...

Five SFF Stories Featuring Highly Intelligent Animals

Mutant mice, a witch's feline companion, a raccoon detective, and more... The post Five SFF Stories Featuring Highly Intelligent Animals appeared first on Reactor.

Runaway Pig Goes Viral in West Hollywood and Ends Up Living the Malibu Dream

A black and white pig racing through the busy streets of West Hollywood had no idea that his unexpected adventure was about to completely change his life. The runaway animal quickl...

A year after finally winning over the massive, combative, yet soft-at-heart senior alley cat and adopting him, that ex-f...

Even the "meantest" stray cat is one that can be won over. Cats are smart creatures, especially unspoiled stray ones. They know what is best for them. There is a reason that cats h...

Squirrels Come Running Whenever Their Favorite Grumpy Dog Arrives at the Park

For more than a year, Martha watched families arrive at Boxer Rescue Los Angeles, hoping to meet the dog who would become part of their lives, but each time, she was left behind. B...

Sweet stray cat who walked into a hooman’s home, climbed into their bed and won over his pawrents to be with cuddles and...

It is not often that we get to fully celebrate a cat resuce story but this one we have lined up for you today is more moving, heartwarming and purrfect than any other that we have...

After being bred for kittens and thrown out like trash, an exhausted feline chooses to adopt a couple 2 days before thei...

She was used, thrown out like trash, and desperate to find a home where she would truly learn what family means. The cruelty of some humans will never cease to amaze. Here we are,...

Animals That Accidentally Wrecked Everything

After losing their loyal dog of 15 years, a cat that looks just like him shows up in this man's backyard, and even thoug...

The CDS can find you even when you don't know that you need it. We think that a lot of people can relate to this experience - their cat adopting them right when they needed their h...

This Mustang’s engine really did purr like a kitten: Send us your pet stories!

A kitten found trapped in a Mustang's engine was adopted by an Ohio couple and renamed Figaro after a vet revealed "she" was actually male.

Animals In Places They Shouldn’t Be

Cats and Owls and Axolotls, Oh My!: The Best Library and Bookstore Pets

I used to work at a library that changed up the theme in the children's department every year, and for the first few years, the themes involved animals.

Person finds a fuzzy orange cat stranded on the freezing highway and brings him home; his tail, leg and ears are gone fr...

Not every cat rescue story is neat and pretty, but even the most difficult rescues are ones worth fighting for.We love reading simple stories about cats getting rescued. It's one o...